sift

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单词词源

sift 筛，筛出，筛选，检查

来自古英语 siftan,筛出，来自 Proto-Germanic*sib,筛，词源同 sieve,seep.引申比喻义筛选，检查等。

vt.

1. Computers can sift and analyze mountains of that data .: 电脑能够自动筛选和分析成堆的数据。

2. In a bowl , sift flour and baking powder and stir through rolled oats .: 在一个碗里，把面粉和发酵粉过筛，然后和燕麦片搅拌均匀。

3. They sift old pieces of food from the oil and then resell it to restaurants and vendors looking to cut costs .: 他们过滤掉地沟油里的食物残渣，然后将油重新卖给希望削减成本的餐馆和商贩。

4. Carlo ratti , who heads the sensible city lab at the massachusetts institute of technology , was one of the first to sift through the data produced by telecoms networks .: 隶属于美国麻省理工学院的观察城市实验室负责人卡罗-拉蒂，是第一个通过电信网络获得数据的研究人员。